New week again and great weekend is past. I hope you as well had a great weekend. On Saturday, I went out with my husband and our friends. We were supposed to go to a concert however it got cancelled so we went for dinner instead. We got recommendation for Mexican restaurant. The food was good, however the price was ridiculous. Well… so afterwards, we visited German pub with good beer and good German food. And on Sunday we have spent good family time together, celebrating our little boy. I prepared car cake and never again š It was very difficult and it took me so long…
So what did I prepare for my family this time – slow cooked pork with red rice š
What do you need:Ā
1.5 – 2 kg pork shoulder joint
3 peppers
1 large onion
8 – 10 tomatoes
1 chicken/vegetable stock
2 garlic cloves
chilli flakes/chilli powder (optional)
ground cumin
sweet paprika powderĀ
basilĀ
400 g red kidney beans or mixed beansĀ
400 g chickpeas
salt and pepper
What do you need for red rice:Ā
3 – 4 tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 – 1.5 cup rice
vegetable oil
Firstly, cut 6 slices and season it with ground cumin, sweet paprika powder and crushed garlic. Optionally, season with chilli powder or chilli flakes as well. I did not use that much because of my little boy, however feel free… Finely chop onion, cut peppers into small pieces and cu tomatoes as well. When you have all vegetables cut, place it into the slow cooker pot and mix it properly. At the end, place meet on top and gently push into the vegetables, add vegetable or chicken stock and cover with lid. Cook in slow cooker on low for 9 – 10 hours. Afterwards, add tin of beans and chickpeas, mix everything together. Season with salt and pepper if need and sprinkle finely chopped fresh basil leaves on top. Break pork with two forks and you can serve with red rice. Add rice into pan with vegetable oil. In the mean time, finely cut tomatoes and add them into the pot with rice and stir everything together. Add water (I usually use 1.5 time more water than rice) and start cooking. When you start with cooking, add tomato puree and stir everything together and let it cook until soft.
At the end, when everything is ready, serve and enjoy š
Have a great week!
Vero & little Canito
